How to Install and Uninstall dnscache Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 19,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dnscache on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dnscache" package

Please follow the steps below to install dnscache on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dnscache
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dnscache" package

Learn how to uninstall dnscache on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dnscache
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dnscache package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dnscache
Source: djbdns (1:1.05-15)
Version: 1:1.05-15+b2
Installed-Size: 137
Maintainer: Peter Pentchev
Architecture: amd64
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.51), runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), sysuser-helper (<< 2.0), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: daemon, runit
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-46~)
Description: DNS cache - tool for finding addresses of Internet hosts
Description-md5: 30ba9f7ccf3fdc71e9c68bf2cb1c93fe
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/djbdns/dnscache_1.05-15+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 45280
MD5sum: 3f8db490fc6730684f8fbbb9b004edd7
SHA256: ebb1a0b814a7018982f3537c838db63397710c5c98f429d4b12fc8b715755645